Unexpectedly, Yuan Tiangang's cultivation level was comparable to the early stage of the Martial Dao Innate Realm, and he was only one minor realm higher than Wang Xuan!
Wang Xuan then used his Golden Eyes of Luck to examine the area and saw that Yuan Tiangang's innate luck was golden in color, even more concentrated than Wang Xuan's own luck.
Now that he could see through the opponent's strengths and weaknesses, Wang Xuan was no longer worried. He possessed the Heavenly Dao Talisman, and even if Yuan Tiangang had strength comparable to the early stage of the Innate Realm, he would be completely helpless against him.
Wang Xuan spoke directly, "I want to preach at your Taoist temple. Do you have any objections?"
The Taoist priests exchanged glances, secretly rolling their eyes. Did they dare to object?
Besides, having a powerful figure like Wang Xuan preach at their Taoist temple would definitely enhance their reputation, which would make them overjoyed.
Wang Xuan immediately entered the Taoist temple and couldn't help but ask Yuan Tiangang beside him, "Do you know a young Taoist priest named Li Chunfeng?"
"You're looking for Li Chunfeng?" Yuan Tiangang asked with some surprise, pointing to a young Taoist priest beside him. "That's Li Chunfeng. He's also a disciple of our Louguan sect. He's quite talented in cultivation and is considered my half-disciple."
Wang Xuan looked in the direction he was pointing and saw a cute little boy of about twelve or thirteen years old, wearing a gray-blue Taoist robe, with a rosy face that was quite endearing.
"This humble Taoist priest, Li Chunfeng, greets the Sage." Li Chunfeng bowed to Wang Xuan with utmost respect.
"So this is Li Chunfeng? I didn't expect him to still be a child." Wang Xuan was somewhat disappointed, but still asked, "I heard that you, Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng, are skilled in fortune telling. I wonder if you can predict my fate?"
Yuan Tiangang said with a wry smile, "Sage, you have transcended the Three Realms and are not within the Five Elements. Our Louguan Dao's methods of divination are simply incapable of calculating your fate."
Clearly, Wang Xuan had caused such a stir in the world that Yuan Tiangang had long ago tried to predict Wang Xuan's fate, but he failed.
Chapter Seventy: Zombies!
Yuan Tiangang couldn't calculate Wang Xuan's fate, which didn't surprise Wang Xuan, but it made him even more disappointed.
However, at this moment, Yuan Tiangang said, "Our Louguan Taoism is inherited from the Supreme Taoist Ancestor. We emphasize following the will of Heaven and responding to the people. We can sense the will of Heaven to a certain extent."
"Although I cannot calculate your destiny, I can sense from the will of Heaven that you are not from this world, but come from a much more vast and powerful world!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Xuan's eyes instantly sharpened, and his innate true energy surged within him, as if he might strike at any moment and kill Yuan Tiangang right here!
Even with his resolute character, how could he possibly bear it when someone revealed his origins so clearly?
You must understand that even if people from other worlds can dominate this world with their powerful cultivation and be revered as saints by the people of this world, they may also be labeled as extraterrestrial demons and be condemned by the whole world.
Moreover, the latter is much more likely than the former!
Even among humans from this world, there is a saying: "Those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts." How much more so for a visitor from another world?
Unless you have overwhelming strength that allows you to dominate the entire world, it's difficult to gain people's recognition.
While Wang Xuan possessed immense strength, he dared not oppose the entire world. For the will of all living beings could influence the will of the world; if Wang Xuan stood against everyone, that would be the time of divine retribution!
"You know too much, which puts me in a difficult position." Wang Xuan narrowed his eyes, and the Heavenly Dao Talisman flew out from his arms, directly suppressing all directions.
Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng were instantly immobilized, like insects frozen in amber.
Only at this moment did they truly realize just how terrifying Wang Xuan was. Yuan Tiangang's cultivation had already reached the Daoist Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation realm, equivalent to a Xiantian master in the main world, yet he still had no power to resist Wang Xuan!
"Sage, please calm down! Our Daoist sect has absolutely no hostility towards you!" Yuan Tiangang took a deep breath and quickly explained, "Actually, you are not the first extraterrestrial visitor to our world. Hundreds of years ago, an evil being descended upon our world, and that is our common enemy!"
"What?!" Wang Xuan's pupils suddenly contracted, and he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
Louguan Taoism is a lineage of the Supreme Taoist Ancestor, who emphasized non-action and aligning with the will of Heaven. Therefore, Louguan Taoism can be seen as the representative of the will of Heaven in this world. What Yuan Tiangang said is absolutely true.
"I thought the world's will was easy to fool, but it turns out it was forced into this situation?" Wang Xuan suddenly realized, and all the things he couldn't understand before were now clear.
It seems that the otherworldly invader from hundreds of years ago inflicted great trauma on the destiny of this world. So much so that in order to eliminate that invader, the destiny had to introduce a third-party force.
Wang Xuan thus became the target of the world's will, and the mysterious will of heaven wanted to use Wang Xuan to eliminate the evil invader.
It was precisely because of this that Wang Xuan was able to have such smooth sailing, and even received divine favor simply because Yang Guang became his disciple.
However, fate in this world ultimately overlooked some things. Wang Xuan appeared harmless on the surface, unlike the vicious and ruthless evil invader, but in reality, he was also eyeing this world.
Having figured this out, a smile returned to Wang Xuan's face. The smile was so pure and harmless that the power emanating from the Heavenly Dao Talisman vanished completely.
Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng breathed a sigh of relief, and their gazes toward Wang Xuan became even more respectful.
"Sage, that evil invader wants to destroy the entire world, burying it to further its own cultivation! Although you have come to our world, you probably won't be able to leave, will you? If the world is destroyed, where will you go?"
Fearing that Wang Xuan might still harbor ulterior motives, Yuan Tiangang immediately explained the situation to him: "Therefore, that evil invader is our common enemy!"
"That's right, that's right!" Wang Xuan nodded repeatedly, and said righteously, "That kind of evil existence that wants to destroy the entire world is simply an enemy of the world, and also an enemy of this Dao Ancestor!"
"If the entire world is destroyed, where will this Dao Ancestor go to spread his teachings?"
Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng were finally relieved to hear what Wang Xuan said.
According to the information they obtained from the will of heaven, visitors from other worlds like Wang Xuan only managed to travel to other worlds by chance through a spacetime wormhole when the two worlds intersected.
However, the intersection of the two worlds is often only a moment, so once you travel to another world, it is impossible to come back.
In their minds, even if Wang Xuan were thinking of himself, he would never tolerate the destruction of this world.
Little did they know that Wang Xuan possessed the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth, a supreme treasure that allowed him to travel through time at will, requiring only the expenditure of some of his luck.
Although Wang Xuan harbored a wicked plan, he still pretended to be worried and asked, "What exactly is the situation with the evil entity that invaded this world hundreds of years ago?"
While the world's will is Wang Xuan's target, the inexplicable alien invaders are his greatest enemy!
He has already taken the world for granted, so how could he allow outsiders to steal his food?
Yuan Tiangang had no doubts and immediately revealed some information about the evil intruder to Wang Xuan.
"This happened at the end of the Western Jin Dynasty. Our world intersected with another powerful world, and an ancient bronze coffin fell from that world into our world."
"The bronze coffin fell onto the northern grasslands, and soon the northern nomadic peoples were infected by the malevolent energy emanating from the coffin, and launched an attack on the Central Plains, which led to the later Five Barbarian Invasions!"
"Although Heaven has tried its best to suppress and destroy that evil being, it can only seal it, not destroy it."
"Moreover, corrupted by the power of that evil being, a kind of existence that is neither dead nor alive has appeared in our world."
"An existence that is neither dead nor alive?" Wang Xuan suddenly remembered something and couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation.
Yuan Tiangang, worried that Wang Xuan might not understand, explained: "After a person dies, the corpse does not decay and can absorb yin energy and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, moving freely. This is what I mean by an existence that is neither alive nor dead."
"We call them zombies!"
"Just as I thought, it really is the legendary zombie!" Wang Xuan didn't know whether to be happy or worried.
Zombies are born from the resentment and bad luck of heaven and earth. They are ageless, immortal, and indestructible, and are rejected by the three realms of heaven, earth, and man from the six realms of sentient beings. They are definitely a difficult thing to deal with.
However, in all the myriad realms, there is another method for manipulating zombies.
Although Wang Xuan did not have that kind of method, as long as he consumed enough luck and used the enlightenment function of the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth, he could create a method even without one!
Chapter Seventy-One: A Gathering of Heroes
"Zombies? That's a good thing too. Once I figure out how to control zombies, I'll capture a few to protect myself!" Wang Xuan's eyes radiated an invincible confidence.
He possesses the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth, a supreme treasure, and has even nurtured a nascent form of the Heavenly Dao. If he can't even handle a mere zombie, he should just find a secluded corner to cower in. The myriad worlds are not suitable for him!
However, although Wang Xuan had an invincible belief, he also knew that now was not the time to deal with the zombies.
Since the being in that bronze coffin was able to contend with the will of heaven of this world and continuously erode it, its strength had probably reached the level of a celestial being.
Although Yuan Tiangang just said that the bronze coffin was sealed by the will of this world, the zombies formed by its power are by no means so easy to deal with.
Even with the blessing of the nascent Heavenly Dao, Wang Xuan's current abilities are far too dangerous.
"My most urgent task right now is to spread my teachings throughout the world as quickly as possible, to harvest a massive amount of fortune from this world, and to deduce the secret method for controlling zombies. If possible, it would be best to upgrade the authority of the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth by one level!"
Wang Xuan secretly calculated for a moment, then sneered inwardly: "Moreover, the nascent Heavenly Dao within the Heavenly Dao Talisman is still digesting Hua Xiong's remnant soul. Once it finishes digesting, it will definitely be able to advance further and reach a level of power comparable to the fourth-order Transcendent Realm!"
The reason why the will of heaven in this world was so lenient towards Wang Xuan, unlike that ancient bronze coffin which was directly suppressed and sealed, was not only to use Wang Xuan to deal with that ancient bronze coffin, but also because Wang Xuan's strength was insufficient and the will of heaven in this world did not feel any threat from him.
Since that's the case, Wang Xuan is happy to play dumb and wait until he's strong enough to swallow the whole world whole!
For the next period of time, Wang Xuan stayed at Louguandao. He spent his days in seclusion, diligently studying the "Ziyang Zhenjie". As for the preparation of the Taoist venue for preaching, he naturally left it to Yuan Tiangang and other Louguandao Taoists to arrange.
It has to be said that carrying a nascent form of the Heavenly Dao with him makes cultivation feel like he's been given a cheat code. Coupled with the immense medicinal power already contained within Wang Xuan's body, his cultivation level actually advanced further in less than two months, rising from the early stage of the Innate Realm to the late stage!
Compared to his mid-stage Innate Realm form, Wang Xuan's strength has more than doubled!
Before his breakthrough, even when Wang Xuan used the Lingxu Step, he could only take about 120 or 130 steps in the air. Now that my cultivation has broken through to the late stage of the Innate Realm, Wang Xuan can directly take 300 steps in the void and fly a distance of two miles in one breath!
Calculating the time, the date Wang Xuan had set for his lecture was not far off, and further advancement in his cultivation was not something that could be achieved in a short period of time, so he finally woke up from his secluded cultivation state.
He left the secluded chamber and soon discovered that Louguan Dao was somewhat different from before.
The Taoist temple had been decorated much more than when Wang Xuan first arrived, making it look more solemn and dignified, as well as more festive.
Wang Xuan knew that all of this was probably the result of a deliberate arrangement by the Taoist priests of Louguan.
Besides, many more people came to the Taoist temple, and Wang Xuan even found a group of bald monks there.
"By the way, where did those monks come from?" Wang Xuan asked Yuan Tiangang with a strange look in his eyes.
Yuan Tiangang's lips twitched, and he looked at Wang Xuan with a resentful gaze, saying, "Those monks are from the Southern Chan School, and there is another group of monks from Shaolin Temple. They have all come to listen to your sermon!"
Although Zhongnanshan is the ancestral home of Taoism, Wang Xuan, who preaches and teaches here, is not from the Taoist school, but is a "living saint".
The Buddhist community naturally had reason to get involved, sending eminent monks to listen to the teachings.
"So these monks were attracted by me. I thought your Louguan Sect was going to start recruiting monks." Wang Xuan didn't feel embarrassed at all. He chuckled and then turned to look at the others.
"Huh? Could that be Li Yuan's family?" Wang Xuan blinked and saw a young man who looked about 80% like Li Yuan walking out of a room.
As expected, just as the young man came out, several other people followed him out of the house.
One of them, with striking features and extraordinary martial prowess, was none other than Li Shimin, the chosen one.
As for the other two, they were both young men around twenty years old. One of them was ugly with a large, upturned nose; the other was thin and had a sallow complexion.
To Wang Xuan's surprise, the sallow-faced youth had reached the early stage of the Innate Realm, and he had achieved it solely through his physical strength!
"Good heavens, I never expected there to be martial arts masters at the Innate Realm in this world!" Wang Xuan quickly asked, "What's the name of that sallow-faced youth?"
Yuan Tiangang glanced over there and introduced them to Wang Xuan, saying, "Those are the four sons of Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang of Taiyuan. The one in front is Li Jiancheng, the one in the middle is Li Shimin, and the last two, the ugly one is Li Yuanji, and the one with a sallow complexion is Li Yuanba."
"So it was Li Yuanba!" Wang Xuan suddenly realized. Li Yuanba truly deserved to be called the number one hero of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. He actually reached the Innate Realm of Physical Body by virtue of his innate super strength. Even if Yuan Tiangang were to take action, he probably wouldn't be able to defeat him!
If there were no otherworldly invaders and Wang Xuan had not come to this world, then Li Yuanba would undoubtedly be the number one expert in this world.
Just as Wang Xuan was sizing up Li Yuanba, Li Yuanba seemed to sense something and turned around to glare fiercely at Wang Xuan.